Annotator for commercial phonographs.



M. L. HUNTER & A. B. CHURCH. A ANNOTATOR FOR COMMERCIAL PHONOGRAPHS.

" 1 APPLICATION map JAN. 25. 1917.

Iapenfed June 19, 1917.

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ANNOTATOR FOR COMMERCIAL PHONOGRAPHS.

' APPLICATION FILED IAN. 25,1917- I 1,230,485, PatentedJune19,19l7.

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Original application filed September 15,

Be it known that we, MARTHA and ALBERT B. CHURCH, both citiaens of theUnited States, residing at the clty and county of San Francisco andState ofGali fornia, have invented new and useful Improvements inAnnotators for Commercial Phonographs, of which the following is aspecification,

This invention relates to commercial phonograph's'and isa division ofour copendin application, Serial No. 50,780, filed The object of thisinvention is to an attachment for a transcribing phonoously marked upwith various instructions applying to the matters contained in thephonograph record, the transcriber may 10- cate upon the record'theposition of the matters'to which said instructions apply.

Heretofore, it. has been proposed tosupply a specially printed sheet,properly ruled and provided with stock phrases, said sheet to receiveupon its face'penciled marks made by the dictator to convey thenecessaryinformation relative to the matters in the record for theconvenience of the transcriber. Great difiiculty has been encountered byusers of this memo sheet in properly "loeating from the. marksthereon-the position in the phonograph record of'the matters to whichsuch marks apply.

In the present invention this .has been overcome by the provision ofmechanical means for carrying .on these operations, whereby greaterprecision and accuracy are obtained.

In carrying out the object of this invention we employ a holder,fastened to the box of the transcribing phonograph, to receive sheets ofmemo paper previously marked with various instructions relating-to thematters contained in the phonograph record, and meansmovablefwith'thetraveling head of the phonographto indicate inadvance totion on thephonograph record of the matters to which the marks-on thesheet apply.

One form whichour invention may assume is exemplified in the followingdescription 1 and illustrated in the accompanying drawin s, in which.

igure 1' shows afront elevation-of the 1 provide objection transcribingattachment applied to a phonoap I v Fig. 2' shows a side elevation ofthe define-illustrated in Fig. 1;

In the drawings, a phonograph is shown comprising a box 10, acylindrical record 11,

and a movable head 12. The latter is provided with a reproducer 13.Attached to the front side of the box, .by suitable brackets 14 andthumb screws 15, is a holder 16.

'A sheet 17 is marked during the process of dictating with variousinstructions applying to the matters contained Within therecord. Itshould indicate'whether a letter should be single or double spaced; the.location of letters and telegrams which should be transcribed first;letters of which extra copies are required, etc.

When transferring the record to the transcribing. machine, the memosheet is introduced in the holder 16.

position with flanged sides.18, on the ends of which are spring-pressedclips 19 pivoted to rods 20, for retaining the. sheet in a 'flat- Thisholder comprises a base plate carried in inclined vided, with indicatingnotches 22 labeled "to correspond with the items on the memo sheet. Thusthe operator is enabled to locate the position of the various matters inthe record to which the marks on the memo 'she'et apply merely bysliding the reproducing device, to which the indicator plate is attachedupon the record, until the notches on said plate'register with'thevarious marks on the paper. j These marks, while here shown in the formof dots, ma'y be of any nature, ,or may be the printed word itself.

Various changes in'conlstruction and arwithout departing from the spiritof our in vention as disclosed in'the appended claims.

'Having thus described our invention,

ters Patent israngement of the; parts may be employed 1'. In combinationwith a. commercial phonograph and a holder rigidly connected thereto, astationary sheet having longitudito the traveling head of the phonographa extending over and across mid sheet, said incheat-or having indiciethereon extending transversely thereof and in alinenient with therespective longitudinally arranged instructions of said sheet.

2. In combination With a commercial phonograph, an inclined holder,brackets connected to the holder and formed with right angled parts toengage over the front and top meeting edges of the phone aph case, a,stationary sheet having longitudinally arran ed instructions thereoncarried by said hofier, and an indicator eonneeteci to the travelinghead of the phonograph and extending over and across said sheet, saintindicator having indiem thereon extending transversely thereof and inslinernent With MARTHA HUNTER. ALBERT B. CHURCH.

Witnesses a M V, (30mins, H. Moore,

